Primus Private School
Good Muhaisnah, Dubai · Indian (CBSE/ICSE)
- KHDA rating
- Good
Good standards in most areas. The most common rating among Dubai schools. Ratings are from the last full inspection cycle (2023–24).
- Annual fees
- AED 9,000 to 16,000 a year
Varies by year group; confirm current fees with the school. 2026–27 fees are frozen by KHDA directive.
- Curriculum
- Indian (CBSE/ICSE)
- Established
- Founded 2003
- School transport
- Bus service available
- Location
- Muhaisnah, Dubai
District-level pin for Muhaisnah — use the Google Maps link for the exact gate.
Link verified against a live domain, July 2026.
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In context
Its mid-range fee is about 17 per cent below the median for Indian (CBSE/ICSE) schools in this guide (AED 15,000). It is one of 62 schools in this guide currently rated Good. As a CBSE school, its academic year runs April to March — plan relocation timing around this.
These comparisons are computed from the verified data in this register, not editorial opinion.
What the inspectors said
Paraphrased from the last full DSIB inspection (2023–24 cycle) and its published record — read the complete report on the official KHDA directory.
Strengths the inspectors named:
- Good in 2023–24 — the thirteenth consecutive Good, held at every inspection since 2009–10, with the latest report showing clear further improvement.
- English, mathematics and science rated Very Good across almost all phases — the detail the single word hides.
- Personal development rated Outstanding across the entire school, with wellbeing Very Good.
- A CBSE school with genuinely accessible fees of roughly AED 12,000–24,000, serving around 1,455 students from Pre-KG to Grade 12.
What they asked the school to improve:
- Staffing has thinned: 86 teachers at the last inspection against 108 four years earlier, moving the ratio from 1:13 to about 1:17, with class sizes averaging 27–30.
- Teacher turnover ran at 22% in 2022, above the 19% recorded in 2020 — roughly one in five teachers new in a year, which is worth asking about directly.
- Thirteen cycles at Good: consistent under a toughening framework, and the step up has not come.
Inclusion (students of determination): Good — 53 students of determination supported through a dedicated Student Development Centre, with interventions across literacy, mathematics, speaking and listening, social skills, motor skills and life skills, and individual education plans developed for relevant students. Two inspector caveats are published with it, and they are the familiar pair: there is some mismatch between the school’s vision and classroom practice in how education plans are actually implemented, and while a Gifted and Talented Students Policy exists, curriculum modifications for higher-ability students are not yet well embedded. Career counselling is available for older students. See the special educational needs guide for the questions to ask on a visit.
Inspector summaries are being added school by school as each report is read — 169 of 169 so far, dated per cycle, never invented. A school without a summary yet is unread, not unjudged.
Visit kit
Questions worth asking on a tour — tuned to this school’s rating and curriculum:
- Who leads inclusion here — and may we meet them before enrolling?
- How much staff turnover did you have last year, and why?
- What are actual class sizes this term — not the maximum?
- How and how often will I hear about my child’s progress?
- How do you handle children joining outside the April intake?
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Special educational needs? Read the inclusion guide before you visit.
Other schools in Muhaisnah
- SMM High School Muhaisnah — Good, Fees not listed — confirm with the school
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